An excavator shovels pebbles at the ceme

An excavator shovels pebbles at the cement works adjoining Berlin’s new airport, the Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport (BBI) June 3, 2009. The airport, which will boast a starting capacity of 20-25 million passengers per year, is expected to open in 2011, at which time the capital’s two existing airports, Tegel and nearby Schoenefeld, will close down. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)